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After a fashion : what we wore 1947 to the present / by Elizabeth Roberts.

By: Roberts, ElizabethMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Ammonite, 2009Description: 300 p. : ill. ; 31 cmISBN: 9781906672386 (hbk.) :; 1906672385 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 391'.00941'09045 Summary: This well-researched, lavishly illustrated book charts the history of street fashion from its origins in high couture to its appearance on the streets. Beginning in the post-war period and largely picture-led, its text also examines the social roots of what we wear and what our clothes express about ourselves and the times we live in.
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This well-researched, lavishly illustrated book charts the history of street fashion from its origins in high couture to its appearance on the streets. Beginning in the post-war period and largely picture-led, its text also examines the social roots of what we wear and what our clothes express about ourselves and the times we live in.

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